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GameCentral talks to the director of Final Fantasy XV, about the game’s 10 year development and the future of the Japanese games industry.
I’ve interviewed a few Final Fantasy directors and producers over the years, and although they’ve all been perfectly pleasant, and interesting to talk to, they’ve also always tended to be very serious, almost solemn – as if discussing one of gaming’s grand old franchises is too important a subject for usual interview banter. But I found Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata to be very different: enthusiastic, chatty, and perfectly willing to discuss every aspect of the game.
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World of Final Fantasy
Gary Green said: With my fondness for (most) Final Fantasy games and my side goal of finishing off games in my collection with loose ends, a return to Final Fantasy XV seemed inevitable. It also serves as my third Final Fantasy platinum trophy after VII and VIII, a reasonable substitute since Final Fantasy IX is nigh on impossible to master.
Final Fantasy 15's director has revealed why he left Square Enix back in 2018.
Hajime Tabata famously resigned from Square Enix two years after Final Fantasy 15 shipped in 2016. In a special livestream at the time, Tabata announced his decision to resign from the company, cancelling three of four new story-focused DLC episodes for Final Fantasy 15 in the process.
Man inherited a train wreck and was expected to release this game in under two years after it spent a better part of a decade in development hell. At one point there was even plans to make FFXIII Versus a musical. He did what he could.
Whatever the behind-the-scenes went on over the many years, at the end of the day it was a radical change in direction that I could not go along with. Also why I never bought 16.
I swear FF12 combat was the best.... I played every FF game in this world, yet XII was the best. that big open world on ps2, good old times.... I cant wait the hd remaster.
I agree. The story must be great!
"First of all, I just want to point out that my favourite of all the Final Fantasy games so far has been VI."
I like this guy. Proceed, Tabata!
The story is what I love about Final Fantasy!